Thunderbird2:FolderViews

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Tracked by: bug 251296

Design Overview

Objectives

The primary objectives of this project are to:

• Allow the user to make better use of screen real estate by choosing which folders to see in the folder pane.

Background

Many users, especially power users, have a large number of accounts and/or folders. Adding saved searches adds to the number of folders in the folder pane. Having a lot of folders forces users to scroll to see which folders have new mail, and to open folders.

Also, if you have limited screen real estate, using the "wide view" layout, which has a short folder pane, can increase the amount of the screen used to display messages. The wide view layout puts a premium on displaying a limited number of folders.

Microsoft Outlook has the concept of favorite folders, where you designate folders as "favorites" and they show up in a group at the top of the folder pane. We would like to give the user more flexibility.